New York Mets Outfielder Rejects Qualifying Offer

New York Mets outfielder Michael Conforto will be rejecting the team's $18.4 million qualifying offer. Thus, the 28-year-old will be testing the open market as a free agent.

Conforto is coming off of a disappointing campaign for his standards. In 125 games, he had 14 home runs, 55 RBIs and a .232 batting average. However, even with this, there are a lot of teams reportedly interested in the slugger.

Michael Conforto will decline Mets $18.4M qualifying offer. Strong interest out there.
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) November 9, 2021

Conforto is viewed as one of the biggest bounce back candidates heading into the 2022 season. In 2020, he had nine home runs, 31 RBIs and a stellar .322 batting average in 54 games. During the campaign before, he was a lethal power threat, as he had a career-high 33 home runs. We've seen what he's capable of before and teams are clearly remembering this. Keep in mind, he also was an All-Star in 2017.

We will have to wait and see where Conforto ends up from here, but now the Mets are in for some real competition for his services.